good morning. >> reporter: good morning. first i want to point out when we drove up to the neighborhood i was surprised to see where this attempted kidnapping happened. we are in a tight knit cul-de-sac. this is where it all went down. the suspect walked up to this particular house over my shoulder here and made inappropriate comment to the 2-year-old girl playing in her own front yard. the mother fortunately was watching. she didn't like what she heard. she picked up her little girl and police say the man walked up and tried to wrestle the girl away from her mother's arms. he was not successful. the mother put up a good fight. ran inside to call police. the man took off on foot. i hung up the phone with the san jose police spokesman this morning. he tells me they are giving the mom space to regroup before they grill her with questions today

simply because she's so shook up. >> she did what she had to do. it was her child. i think we all fight that much harder. but kudos to her. i'm glad she's home safely now with her child. that's the best we can ask for. on the same note we need to get this guy off the streets. >> reporter: police say the suspect is hispanic between 20 and 30 years old, wearing a red baseball hat, jeans and a light-colored or white striped shirt. here is one detail the woman gave police. he smelled like automotive oil. the officer said when i asked him, the mother said she's never seen this man in this neighborhood before. of course if you have any information about this case, you're asked to call san jose police. live in the san jose, marla teyes, "today in the bay." >> questions remain as to

whether or not a controversial police leader will be brought in to help oakland fight crime. after hours of heated debate the safety committee votes yes to get extra help. no to bill bratton. kristy smith is live at oakland police headquarters with more for us. good morning, kristy? >> good morning, john. oakland has seen a spike in violent crime. six homicides this year so far. in fact, last friday there were four homicides in ten hours. the city is looking at a plan to bring in an outside consultant to bring the crime rate down. that's sparked a lively and heated debate. just last night, hundreds of people packed into a public safety committee often getting loud and booing police chief jordan, stopping him from explaining why he supports a plan to spend $250,000 to pay former police chief bill bratton to give advice on how to stop crime in oakland. he worked in new york and had success in l.a. as well. opponents say bratton won't help

but will rely on policies like stop and frisk, things they say lead to racial profiling. they say jordan doesn't need that. >> if you need to hear what he has to say, why don't you have jordan buy the book on amazon? >> some in the crowd supported bratton but they were drowned out by the larger crowd. chief jordan said he supports the plan to hire bratton. he won't put civil lib 'tis and public trust in jeopardy. the committee voted to recommend a contract hire doesn't necessarily have to be bratton but it goes to city council next week. reporting live in oakland, kristy smith, "today in the bay." >> 5:04. we have a follow up this morning to a story we told you about yesterday. the body found in the trunk outside a car outside of sonoma state university. a medical examiner identified the man as 31-year-old sean

parker. he was found in the back of a car which stood out because it was illegally parked. police won't say how he died. investigators are treating the case as a homicide. parker was wanted for questioning stemming from a domestic violence case with a former girlfriend. a possible link between parker's death and the assault is being investigated. >> opening arguments begin this morning for a suspect charged in a deadly south bay shooting rampage. jing wu facing charges for killing three former co-workers at sy ports in santa clara in 2008. prosecutors allege wu shot and killed the company's ceo and two managers just hours after he was fired. wu could face the death penalty if found guilty. the man accused of tossing bricks into a crowd of people during an occupy protest last year will be in court.

34-year-old justin nesbitt charged with five felonies including assault with a deadly weapon and assault on a police officer. one of those bricks hit a protester in the face. a judge ordering nesbitt to stand trial for a pretrial conference. >> brown is challenging uc and cal state systems saying universities must reconfigure themselves to be effective. but do so in a way to keep costs from going up. the meeting will include a discussion of online learning at the university. just yesterday the governor announced a new program being introduced as san jose state to make online courses more available to students in the hopes of lowering the costs of college and helping students graduate sooner. >> 5:06 now. is it just me or was it hot out today? two degrees warmer. >> definitely. >> heat wave. >> radiating all the way to the

weather wall. good morning to you. things are a touch warmer this morning. it's still downright cold out there. one thing we are noticing, we have patchy fog developing in addition to the patchy frost. that's an indication of more moisture content. it won't be as dry today. 28 degrees in gilroy. 33 in san jose. one away from freezing in sunny vail. 39 in oak town. temperatures will drop throughout the morning, but through filtered sunshine we'll see highs in the 60s. it will be the warmest day of the week so far. we'll head through thursday. four to six degrees warmer. into the weekend the warm-up continues. one city in the bay area potentially hitting 75 degrees by sunday. i'll tell you which one coming up. or you can guess in the meantime. 62 degrees in santa cruz. mike, it's rather light out this

morning but people need to slow down. black ice possible again. >> definitely. it's warmer. 28 in gilroy. still freezing temperatures in spots. we'll watch for that. no reports so far. at the golden gate bridge an easy drive where we can see it for ourselves. from the north bay into the city. we'll go to north bay shot as we talk about a crash further north through calistoga. reports of a single car crash and the person who called it in said they were trying to keep warm. sounds like everybody is okay. east shore freeway marked with the arrow. not much of one now through berkeley and emeriville. we have slowing starting to clear westbound 24. your commute direction overnight to close one of those. sounds like two are open for the commute volume. they are ready. back to you.

>> thanks, mike. >> 5:09 now. up next, a fiery crash right in the middle of london. hear what people saw as the helicopter falls from the sky. >> direct service between the south bay and tokyo japan has been grounded after another problem with one of the dreamliner aircrafts. that story is coming up. >> calls to change the law after the death of a popular internet activist. we'll look at it in business news.

burst into flames hitting two

cars below sending people running in every direction. >> there were a lot of people running about. it was manic at the time. i didn't know what was going on. everyone was in shock running around. it was madness. >> officials say four other people on the ground at the time of the crash were hurt. metro police say the crash doesn't appear to be terrorism related. the exact cause remains under investigation. they bill it as the future of air travel but the boeing 787 dream liner has been grounded leaving some scrambling to find flightses. we have more details on what's wrong. a long list of things with the dreamliner. bob, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. all nipon and japan airways have grounded their boeing 787

dreamliner aircraft for safety inspections. that means this morning's flight between normanetta and tokyo have been cancelled. this was less than a week after the route went into service with much fanfare and hope for the south bay economy. here's what prompted the latest grounding yesterday. the only grounding so far. yesterday one of the 787 dream liners had to make an emergency landing in japan after a cockpit message warned of a battery problem. a japanese tv crew was on board, captured the evacuation which appeared to go smoothly. japan's transport ministry says this was a serious incident that could have resulted in an accident. in an e-mail to blumberg news boeing is aware of what happened and is working with customers. here in the united states there have been other problems including a battery fire and fuel leak which prompted the faa to review a safety review of all

787 aircraft. on friday, normanetta joined truck reid and the u.s. ambassador to japan to celebrate the launch of ana direct dreamliner service to tokyo. the first time this airport has had it in years. this new route could inject more than $70 million annually into the economy once the route starts up. it's not clear how long ana will keep the dreamliner grounded. bob riddle, "today in the bay." >> thank you. it's 5:14. a congresswoman wants to change hacking lawses after the suicide death of a popular internet activist. the suicide of aaron schwartz has people debating what's right and what's wrong. >> as we mentioned in the past you could never point to a single cause for a suicide.

democratic congresswoman zoe lockran said it's time to update laws. a good number of people say they took advantage of poorly written or old laws to prosecute swartz for downloading academic papers without permission from a publically open network. the idea was opposed to change the law on reddit, the internet forum swartz helped create. initially he faced more than 40 years in jail but it was reduced to six months. the woman prosecuting him, carmen or advertise has become the target of criticism. so much so her husband, an ibm executive, has gone to twitter to fight back criticizing the swartz family on the day of the young man's funeral saying, truly incredible in their own son's obit they blame others for his death. while turning to financial news

let's go to seema mody this morning at cnbc world headquarters. good morning. >> good morning. our top story, the treasury department is temporarily tapping government workers' retirement funds to avoid hitting the debt ceiling. treasury said the move would give it $156 billion in additional spending capacity and insist that retirees will receive benefits. in a letter to john boehner, treasury secretary tim geithner said the step has been taken before during previous impasses over the debt limit. several republican lawmakers are set to direct treasury to prioritize which bills to pay if congress doesn't raise the debt ceiling. let's get you a check on the markets. futures are lower as we get big earnings this morning from jp morgan and goldman sachs. we have jpmorgan lower whereas goldman sachs is higher. stocks advanced yesterday with the dow extending the winning streak to five days and the s&p 500 hitting a five-year high.

we get data out on consumer prices, industrial production and housing. watch out for that. back to you. >> seema, thank you very much. it's 5:17. as you know, facebook yesterday announced the new search. we'll look at what it can do in a bit. >> we look forward to that, thanks. >> 5:17 now. christina loren is back to tell us slight incremental warm-ups coming your way. >> i have fallen in love with my seven-day. we'll get a private room. i hope my seven-day is still single. i want to marry it. you might as well. looking really good. 32 degrees in napa. 28 in navado. 35 degrees in san mateo. i will take you through our warming trend. in the south bay you're getting lucky this weekend. temperatures will be the warmest here. spare the air today. bad news before the good. yeah. unhealthy air quality. pollutant levels at the ground

in the north bay in the unhealthy range. if you can postpone outdoor activities if you suffer from asthma or respiratory issueses look where the highs will end up. warmer in gilroy, 61 degrees. 61 in san jose. 60 in redwood city and san francisco. want to show you where we are headed. point your eyes to san jose. as we head through thursday, 64 degrees. through friday, future cast at 2:00 p.m., look at this. 67 degrees on friday. that's not even the warmest day in the period. here it is. get ready to fall in love if you are looking for warmer weather. three-day forecast starts this way. 68 degrees on saturday. we hit the sweet stride and stay mild sunday into monday. looking good. if you have the day off monday as some do, you make your outdoor plans on martin will you ter king, jr., day. we cool off tuesday. air of low pressure making its

way on shore. really not looking active until the 26th of this month. via all the models i'm looking at which are different from the models mike admitted to look at yesterday. check on the drive now. >> christina, if i wasn't married you would have to fight me for that. that's a nice-looking seven-day for us. the south bay an easy drive. earlier construction 280, 885 cleared in both directions from 280. that's a good flow of traffic into and through the south bay. as we look at the 580 drive we had slowing starting at the edge of the map. west 580, a smooth drive-thru livermore and the interchange. hit the car northbound. no worries in that area. we have the northbound side. the colosseum the trail blaze blazers and warriors. the southbound side has a crew blocking lanes as you head down off 980 toward 16th.

no slowing here. live look outside. the bay bridge tall plaza down the east freeway. light traffic starting to build toward the toll plaza. no backup in any lanes aside from the pause for the cash payment. also a live look for the peninsula. 101, there is the university avenue shopping center and northbound heading toward that picking up volume. no slowing palo alto, san mateo and the city at the limit. back to you. >> thanks. it's 5:20. game on for san jose sharks fans. the team will start selling regular season game tickets this morning at 10:00 a.m. due to the 113-day nhl lockout, only 24 home games will be held. opening night at the tank starts thursday against the phoenix coyotes. >> time to blend pigskin and round ball. the 49ers teaming up with the harlem globetrotters tonight to give back to children.

the globetrotters flick willy shaw teaching larry grant and lucky kids from the boys and girls club of silicon some fancy basketball tricks. always a pleasure to watch these guys. the globe trotters will give out tickets to 49 kids at the club for sunday night's game at the pavilion with the 49ers just a win from the super bowl sunday in atlanta. the trotters hope to notch four victories in the bay area this weekend. two games in san jose and two in oakland. the tenth woman to ever join the harlem globe trotters will make her hometown debut on saturday. but today tammy broner will be at laurel elementary to speak to the kids about how to prevent bullying. >> barry bonds is back in the headlines. the homerun king's beverly hills mansion now up for sale with a giant price tag. $25 million. >> that's right. >> not bad.

too bad you live here, john. it is an exclusive gated community in beverly park. seven bedrooms, 14 bathrooms a music room, theater, gym, spa, pool. even an elevator. >> got to have the elevator. >> of course. bonds made several renovations to the home after buying the property for $8.7 million. he'll make a profit on that if he sells it. >> good luck to barry bonds on that one. >> doing okay. >> 5:22 now. coming up, getting away from it all for free. we like that. the deal offered at one national park for the holiday weekend.

>> announcer: you're watching "today in the bay." >> 25 minutes after 5:00. yosemite national park will be open free to the public. so get out oh. entrance fees being weighed next monday in honor of the martin luther king, jr., holiday.

normally costs $20 to enter the park if you were driving. visitors will have to pay for camping, lodging and other activities. >> it's time to go camping. i like indoor camping. >> it's fun to put up a tent in the living room. my weekend plans. looking good out there. i don't have kids. nonetheless triplets. we have calm conditions now. i wanted you to notice east-southeast in san jose. southeast in con oh cord. that means offshore flow now firmly in control of our weather pattern. the warm-up looks on track. mid 60s by tomorrow. the full forecast a few minutes away. let's check your drive. good morning, mike. >> an easy drive on the toll plaza. looking at cars headed to the bay bridge. we'll see the volume starts to build. a live look outside at the north

bay. southbound 101 picking up a few cars as well. still no problems for the speed. navado. southbound is your commute direction. a last look at the south bay. northbound is your commute through san jose for 101 here. a smooth drive. we are picking up cars here. no major concerns for speeds. we are starting to build. back to you. >> thank you very much. you probably have seen half court shots a million times. >> yeah. >> none like this. >> not at all. during the hawkes game friday night this guy has a chance to win $1,000. they call it the money shot contest. steps up, fires -- just like glue. wedged between the back of the rim and the back board. the promotion host pulled the net and the ball fell into the hoop. they figure it's close enough. that's hard to do so the guy got the $1,000. >> well, he should have. >> that's tougher to do than making the shot. if he shot 50 times he would

probably never do that. >> they should pay $10,000. >> i like that. >> 5:27. still to come on "today in the bay.." >> if you need to hear what he has to say, go and have howard jordan buy his book on amazon. >> protesters making noise in oakland over a controversial pick for a police consultant. why the former police chief is getting bad marks from oakland residents. >> and a toddler nearly snatched from her mother's arms. we'll let you know what happened at a san jose park that has police on the hunt for a suspect.

a scary moment for a south bay mom who had to fend off a kidnapper. >> another cold start to the day. however, high this is afternoon unseen bli warm. the forecast the moments away. >> as we look at more companies i have a crash to tell you about. heads up coming up. >> a live look outside. look at the flag billowing in the wind. this is "today in the bay." >> announcer: from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." >> thanks for joining us. it's 5:30. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm john kelly. good morning. it's a numbs-up to the plan but thumbs-down to the man. after hours of heated debate over how to protect oakland from escalating violence the safety committee voted yes to bring in

extra help but no to bill bratton, the controversial figure at the center of the consultant contract. kristy smith is live at oakland headquarters with more on the growing story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, john. this consultant that oakland is considering has a really big and impressive resumé. he's credited with bringing down crime in big cities like new york. it's some of his methods that have people concerned and upset here in oakland. saying they will cause more distrust between the community and police. hundreds of people packed into a public safety committee meeting last night and booed and heckled oakland's police chief howard jordan. they stopped him from explaining why he supports spending $250,000 to hire former police chief bill bratton to offer advice on how to stop violent crime in oakland. opponents say bratton won't improve oakland's violent crime rate but will rely on policies

like stop and frisk which they say leads to racial profiling. >> it's up to me to implement bill bratton's advice. it's on my shoulders if and how i do it. >> reporter: many people in the group supported bratton but they were hard to hear over the noise. chief jordan said he support it is plan to hire bratton but said he won't support a plan to put civil liberties or public trust in jeopardy. they support using outside help. doesn't have to be bratton but the city council has to decide what to do. they will consider it next week. live in oakland, kristy smith, "today in the bay." >> seemingly this is the right man for the job for a few months. san jose's interim police chief working on his number one priority. >> as i'm doing now, really to update and talk to the rank and file and let them know about

myself and who i am and that i'm committed. i'm here to represent that. >> larry is a 27-year veteran of the san jose police force. the police union hopes his experience will boost morale in a department hit hard by cut-backs and rising crime. he's not oh interested in taking over full time. current chief chris moore will retire friday. >> the small community of gault mourning the death of an officer killed in the line of duty. a man who was well known right here in the bay area. gault is about 30 miles south of sacrament on highway 99. the suspect killed himself. than is a three and a half year veteran of the police department. this is the department's first on duty casualty since it was

formed. the 35-year-old worked with his canine partner, a dog named yaro. they served in northern california and in the bay area. than seen here at local events often raising money for police dogs including getting them bullet proof vests. >> 5:34. police will question a mother later today about a brazen kidnapping attempt in the family's front yard. officers say a man tried to take her little girl out of her arms. marla spoke with police and has new details on the case. she joins us with more on the investigation. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. a couple of things surprised me about this case. this didn't happen late at night. it didn't happen in a secluded area. in fact it happened in this tight knit cul-de-sac. southeast san jose. now this is the home where it happened.

i believe alan will zoom in to show you the house. the man happened to walk by this home when they say a 2-year-old little girl was playing in her own front yard. it happened around 5:30 yesterday evening. when the man walked by he made an inappropriate comment. police will not expand on what the man said exactly. whatever it is they say it made the mother who was witnessing the whole thing very uncomfortable. she scooped up her little girl into her arms. that didn't stop the guy. he tried wrestling the girl away but the mother put up a good fight and did what she had to do until the man gave up and ran away. >> it's amazing. a mother's love for her children, any parent. for her to deal with this. again to just be unwaivering and hold on for dear life. for somebody you care about. you have to commend her. >> reporter: officer morales said he's concerned the suspect is on the run this morning,

calling him a threat to public safety. he's asking for the help. look at the suspect description. it's limited but take a look. they say this man is hispanic between 20 and 30 years old wearing a red baseball hat, jeans and a white or light-colored stripe shirt. the one distinctive detail is that he smelled like automotive oil. i happened to speak to a neighbor who was taking off on his way to work. he lives across the street in this cul-de-sac. he and his wife are alarmed by the incident. he said they are going to sit down with their own children and talk about how to keep safe. the one piece of information is that officer morales says the mother and daughter are both unhurt, resting comfortably this morning. police will be here to oh question the mother more to find out more about the suspect. live in san jose, "today in the bay." >> san francisco police may be

getting closer to making an arrest in a brazen robbery in which a dog wound up killed. police identified 35-year-old maurice barrett as a suspect in the case. police say he robbed a woman last month as she got out of her car. grarts say he grabbed her 12-year-old dog named rorks are oxy and threw the dog into traffic. roxy died at an animal hospital. if you know anything about barrett's whereabouts call san francisco police. >> 5:37 now. want to get you updated on the forecast with christina loren. a little bit warmer. i don't know if you can feel it. >> i didn't have my window down driving to work. >> i had a blanket on. look at that, 28 in gilroy. >> why do you need the windows down when you drive a convertible, john? just kidding. not telling you what he drives t. ladies would be chasing him around town. 35 degrees in santa cruz. speaking of which, you have less

than a month now for valentine's plans. we are giving you ample notice. filtered sunshine. temps in the 60s today. by thursday, cold start. e we are going to see temps in the 60s. looking good in weather. see how we are faring in the traffic department. good morning, mike. >> we are looking at fremont. heading toward mission boulevard. let me show you the map. you see the yellow blip showing the direction of the arrow. there may be effectses of a crash. two cars involved in the crash. that's causing slowing around the mission boulevard interchange which is busier during the morning commute. we'll follow that. no major impact. that's showing up in the last couple of minutes. a typical pattern, west 580

showing slowing extending to the airway but no big concern. in the 50s. the south bay northbound routes show a smoother route. no crashes. 87 with early slowing into downtown. that should shake out. we'll track it as well as the burst we expect on 101 in the next 10 to 15 minutes. a live look shows you how things are shaping up for the east shore freeway. the headlights, that's a standard flow. close to the e speed limit. >> thanks, mike. >> 5:39. still ahead, president obama unveiling the plan to help curb gun violence. we'll let you know what he wants to do that's getting support from both sides of the aisle. >> another problem with the 787 dreamliner aircraft has cancelled tokyo service between here and the south bay. that story coming up.

>> announcer: you're watching "today in the bay." >> welcome back, everyone. a good wednesday morning to you. president obama will pitch tougher gun laws in response to the newtown, connecticut, school shootings. this morning the nra is already fighting back.

tracie potts joins us live on capitol hill with more on what the president is expected to say and the opposition he's facing. good morning, tracy. >> reporter: good morning. in response to new york's new law the nra says tougher laws on guns won't work. they are the same types of laws we expect the president to pitch in a few hours when he rolls out his new plan to control gun violence in this country. among those things he's expected to talk about -- an assault weapons ban and a ban on high capacity magazine clips. congress would have to approve both. then there is a list of 19 different areas he can address through executive order without dealing with it at all. that came from vice president biden's group. from that list some of the things he's expected to talk about today are universal background checks. in other words you get a background check whether you buy the gun online, at a gun show or a retail store, even from a private party. mental help, money for school security all expected on the

president's agenda when he makes the announcement this morning. >> all right. thank you for that. something we'll continue to follow. it's 5:43 now. in the meantime, police in marin county collected more than 800 guns during buyback programs yesterday. people from san francisco, and sonoma counties surrendered 827 guns. organizers say each person received 100 to 200 dollars per firearm. the weapons were collected. no questions asked meaning police didn't investigate anyone turning in a gun. a second buyback event will be held next monday on martin luther king day in mill valley. >> all boeing 787 dreamliner flights headed to japan have been cancelled following a list of recent mechanical problems. that, of course, is affecting business in san jose airports. the bay area's only hub for plane. bob is live at the airport now with details on the multiple things dragging down the

dreamliner. bob, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, john. friday all nipon airlines was celebrating direct service between normanetta and tok yochlt the flight was in the first week of service. it's now cancelled because japan air license and all nipon airlines has grounded voluntarily all 787 dream liners for safety inspection. it was an incident that took place yesterday with one of ana's dream liners. had to make an emergency landing in japan. there was a battery warning light that came on. you can see the japanese tv crew was on board the flight. they captured the evacuation which appeared to go oh smoothly, no one hurt. the transport ministry in japan said it was a serious incident that could have resulted in an accident clearly that didn't happen. the plane landed safely. boeing airlines, the aircraft

company did send an e-mail to bloomberg saying they are aware of what happened and are working with their customer. of course being all nipon airlines. it was on friday we mentioned norm anetta joined chuck reid along with united states ambassador to japan to celebrate the launch of the direct service to tokyo. this is the first time norm manetta international had nonstop service to japan in several years. it was back, i believe, in 2006 or 2007 at american airlines was running the route. the silicon valley leadership group estimates the new route could inject more than $70 million annually into the south bay economy. of course again today the flight is cancelled. it's not clear when it will be restarting up. we imagine once ana gets through voluntary inspections of the 787s. bob ridell, today in the bay. >> very interesting. we have been talking about the

forecast this morning. how a little bit warmer out there. want to check it now. christina loren. >> all right. we're in the 20s and 30s. it's cold out there. but we have a nice warming trend on the way as we get into this afternoon. 37 degrees in san francisco. 32 now in sunny vail. 28 degrees this morning in gilroy. however it's a spare the air day. keep that in mind. your only source of warmth is to burn the fire, go ahead. it's okay. try not to use the heater if you can. help the air quality across the bay area. high pressure in control for today. that will drive winds offshore. hazy sunshine and 60s. not as cold out there. that's what you will notice when you walk out the front door. cold enough for frost. this is the first morning in five days without a freeze warning. 61 in gilroy.

7 day out look tells the story. mid 60s and rounding out the week in the upper 60s. let's look at the drive. good morning. >> good morning. you're looking at a typical southbound side the northbound side, it's heavy enough now to cause slow downs. 680 to 880. this is a typical pattern. 5:47. 880 showing an increase for the southbound side. as far as the speeds go the shift is going on for the triangle through san jose north of willow glen ass typical. overall the south bay drive and the northbound commute is moving smoothly, pretty much on schedule. we have another issue for the south bay. mission boulevard, we had a crash. there was slowing north of mission boulevard. that's what you see here.

the crash is out of lanes. chp says not a traffic hazard. it does seem like they are finishing up paperwork. we see slowing off 680 headed over there. this is where the 2 freeway funnels over. that's just for rechbs. not everybody calls it that. south 880 south from hayward to union city. a typical pattern. not a problem now. across the san mateo, an easy krooif. the bay bridge looking good. let's look outside to see how things are at the northbound direction for 101. this is on the peninsula up to the san mateo bridge where 92 meets 101. speeds close to the limit here as well as at the bay bridge. not a major problem. cash lanes are showing cars waiting now. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. 5:48. one night isn't enough, i guess. oprah winfrey's interview with lance armstrong will air in two parts beginning tomorrow.

yesterday oprah described the two and a half hour interview with the disgraced former champ. armstrong was stripped of the seven toured france titles which he flat out denied for years. win friday said he confessed to taking performance enhancing drugs during his career. >> i went in prepared to have to >> anti-doping officials want armstrong to admit his guilt under oath before considering whether to lift a lifetime sports ban against him. >> the fall out continues on the doping scandal. a major league soccer stadium in kansas city has ended its partnership with his livestrong foundation. in a statement, management hinting the armstrong controversy played a role in the decision. but it was not the deciding factor. instead, the organization blaming the livestrong foundation for not meeting a financial agreement. the ugly chapters will continue to roll in for armstrong. >> he's certainly not on sports illustrated's new cover. we'll show you the man who is. why some say colin kaepernick's

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in case you hadn't noticed the 49ers were one win away from the super bowl. look at the latest cover boy. sports illustrated has a picture of colin kaepernick, holy, dot,

dot, dot and jim, you were dead on about colin kaepernick. superstar now. full fledged, leading the 49ers past the packers, running, throwing, doing it all. 49ers fans loving the cover. some of the ultra worried saying the exposure could distract the team. i don't agree. the falcons take them on sunday. colin kaepernick doing it all. you can take part by sharing your favorite 49ers photo. you've got to love these. the easiest way to show off your spirit by tweeting pictures to us here at nbc bay area or by posting them to our facebook wall. >> you have a good one, john. >> i appreciate that. >> i saw it on facebook. he is my facebook fan -- friend. >> i'm a huge fan.

>> how many of your friends are 49ers fans? soon you can find out with a simple search. people waiting for facebook's new feature they are introducing. >> no doubt everybody's heard about it by now. you won't be able to get it on facebook for several weeks. this graph search. facebook will put a privacy reminder asking you to double check your settings because friend lbs searching for details about you. let me give you an example. a friend coming from mexico. you will take them to yosemite but you want to make it a party. say, show me my friends who live in the bay area who speak spanish and like to go to yosemite. or a tv watching party. list my friends who live near me who love "game of thrones." or what indian restaurants do my friends from india like? that will give you good results.

one thing that happened after that was shares in yelp fell big. better than 7%. the facebook officials started to show some of the restaurant reviews. i personally don't think yelp or google is particularly threatened by this. i think you will do different searches based on different things. after all, only a certain number of my friends have been to a particular restaurant but y e elp will have hundreds of reviews. it will be very powerful. people will be concerned about privacy. but remember, what you put on facebook is what's searchable. if you said you went to st. mary's, i can search it out. if you didn't mention it, you won't show up in the search. >> is it based on the past status updates? >> yes. likes. where you're from. who you are related to. your marital status. that kind of thing. show me my married friends who live in, whatever. anything publically available. yes.

>> interesting. >> they want to keep you in the facebook world. let's check in with christina loren. >> find out what she likes. >> what's she wearing. >> well, boy, those are private questions. you won't find that on facebook. i'm just kidding. want lunch or mickey d's new dollar menu? 33 in san jose. 32 in sunnyvail. you may need an extra cup of coffee before heading out. it is cold out there. patchy frost and fog this morning. mike is tracking the incident early on a wednesday. >> good morning. dollar menu. a lot of people will treat you to that. we are getting more company. it is a wednesday. that's typical for what we expect. speeds close to the limit but getting more crowded on the bay

bridge toll plaza. on the maps we look at the south bay. we have the northbound 101 flowing north of 680 toward the airport. that will clear and come in around 6:15. here at northbound 101, slowing head thod the scene of an accident at a 237. we are watching the transition. back to you. >> 5:57. still ahead, a toddler nearly snatched from her mother's arms. hear about the actions that may have saved her life. [ female announcer ] pillsbury crescents on their own are fantastic

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after another emergency landing. the impact on new nonstop service here in san jose. >> you want to dress in layers for the day. very cold to start. we have a mild finish with temps in the 60s. the forecast is minutes away. >> and i have two crashes to report for san jose area coming up. >> let's look outside. beautiful in san francisco. welcome to wednesday morning. january 16. this is "today in the bay." >> announcer: from nbc bay area this is "today in the bay." >> good morning. thank you very much for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm john kelly. breaking news in london where a helicopter crashed into a crane and burst into flames after falling into a crowded street during the height of the morning commute there. two people now dead. nine others have been injured. it's unclear whatyp